Garment and belt therefor.



i L. 1. SCHEINMAN.

GARMENT AND BELT THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. 1916.

l 286,798.,v Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 28, 1916. Serial No. 106,298.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lorne J. SCHEINMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of" Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Garments and Belts Therefor, of which the following isa specification.

. My invention relates to garments and moreparticularly to skirts or the like having gathered portions and has for its object to provide an arrangement in which a pronounced and graceful draped and gathered efi'ect is produced and maintained and. in which the garment when worn hangs free in a graceful and fashionable manner or is efficiently supported on the wearer in the desired way. My inprovement further contemplates a garment which will fit difierent figures' within certain limits without requiring any alteration and without seriously and 7 inthe i disturbing the graceful and fashionable ap pearance and the intended set thereof. A further object of my invention .is to provide an improved belt construction which may bereadily incorporated" in the garment and whereby the above desired features are positively attained in a simple and efiicient man ner. My improvement will be full described hereinafter and the features 0 novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanye ing drawings which for the purposes of description and illustration show an example of my improvement and in which Figure 1.

is a perspective front view of the upper portion of my improved skirt; Fig. 2 is a perspective reanview thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an example of my improved belt or waistband and Fig. 4 is a de: detail section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

In the illustrated example my improved belt or waistband which I have designated as a whole with the numeral 5, comprises two main sections 6 and 7 which are provided with cooperating fastening devices 8 and 9 whereby the free ends of said sections 6'and 7 may be detachably connected together. The 0 posite endsof said sections 6 ustrated example are spaced apart and are connected with each other by auxiliary strips extend between the main sections 6 and7 and in the illustrated example have their opposite ends secured thereto in any suitable arrangement of the said sections.

of material 10 and 11 which strip 10 is relatively narrow and throughout Patented nee. areas.

its length is'spaced from the relatively wider and lower auxiliary strip 11 whereby a free space 12 is formed between both sections 10 a and 11- as shown in Fi 3. The parts are so designed in the pll-ustrated example that the auxiliary strips 10 and 11 form substantially the back of thebelt and in use are located at the back of the garment. In the complete garment the skirt 13 isattached to the main sections 6 and 7 by stitches 14 or otherwise, the line of attachment extending parallel and in close proximity to the upper edges of said main sections 6 and 7 and preferably though not necessarily leaving all parts of the latter and of the skirt below the stitching 14 free and disconnected from each other as shown in Fig. 4. The stitching 14 further terminates at a distance from the free ends of the sections 6 and 7 so that thesefree ends are also loose from the skirt and thus easily connected together and disconnected fromeach other. In practice the free ends of the sections 6 and 7 are located in registry with the placket 15 of the skirt or equivalent 7 opening of any other garment closed by means of fastening means 16 and 17, it being understood that the sections 6 and 7 are preferably always constructed in such a mannor that this result is obtained and that the location of the placket 15 or corresponding opening to acertain extent determines the In the arrangement shown the upper auxiliary strip is contained in a pocket 18 which may be material 19 having its opposite edges and ends secured to the skirt material by stitches 20 as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and in any case is of a vertical width corresponding substantially to the width of the strip 10, the edges ofwhich are thus frictionally engaged bv the upper and-lower walls of the formed by means of a length of tape or other Y harmoniously gathered between the ends of the sections 6 and 7 owing to the frictional engagement between the strip 10 and the walls of the pocket. It will be seen that in the described and illustrated arrangement the skirt is supported'from the upper edges of the sections 6 and 7 and from the strip 10 and that the strip 11 is inside of the skirt and forms a continuation of the sections 6 and 7 whereby the latter are maintained in the desired positions againstdis'arrangement. If the strips 10 and 11 are constructed of elastic material the lower strip'll in practice will hold the belt firmly against the body of the wearer and will thus leave the skirt free to hang gracefully from the upper edge whereby a pronounced draped effect is produced which gives to the skirt the de-.

sired fashionable and expensive appearance, or any other garment with which the belt may be combined will be efliciently and properly supported. This lower strip 11 will in any case, even if made of non-elastic material, bring about these results, although possibly to a somewhat lesser degree. In some cases this strip 11 may be replaced by other arrangements producing equivalent results or operating in substantially the same manner. If desired, a tongue 21 may extend between and be connected with the strip 11 and the pocket forming tape 19 to prevent unintended separation of these elements under the strains produced when the garment is worn.

It will be apparent that the relatively thin strip 10 and relatively wider'strip 11 may be otherwise combined with the sections 6 and 7 than shown and also that the same narrow and wider strips may be produced by constructing the belt inother ways than that illustrated. It will also be obvious that the particular relative dimensions in the strips as well as the number thereof may be changed to meet the requirements of each case and it is to be understood that by the term strips I do not mean merely separate elements connected with the belt sections but on the contrary that I'mean to include any elements included in a belt construction whereby the same or equivalent results may be obtained. In addition to this, it will be apparent that the entire belt includin the sections 6 and 7 may be constructed 0% elastic material or that the entire belt including the strips 10 and 11 may comprise substantially non-elastic material.

When for instance the strips 10 and 11 are constructed of elastic material, they will,

in addition to producing an effective and ornamental gathering of the garment material at a predetermined point in said garment, make the same adjustable within certain limits and thus capable of being successfully Worn by persons with figures of different dimensions without alteration and without appreciably interfering with or destroylng either the efi'ect at the gathered portion of the garment or the entire appearance thereof.

The cost of alterations and the time incident thereto is thus saved with my improvement and a large range of sizes may be efficiently satisfied with minimum varieties of my improved garment.

My invention holds up and supports the arment in the intended manner and without discomfort to the wearer and in a simple and cheap manner provides a skirt which has the appearance of a high class and expensive garment. My improved belt may be readily and cheaply produced in a variety of waysand forms and may be supplied as a separate article of merchandise and sold for instance to arment makers ready to be embodied in t e garments.

Various changes in the specific form shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. The combination of belt sections, a garment secured thereto and provided with a pocket extending circumferentially thereof, and a plurality of strips extending between said belt sections and located one above the other, one of said strips being located within said pocket, the normal length of said pocket being greater than the length of said strip, wherebya gathering of the garment material is produced and maintained between said belt sections and said other strip being outside of said pocket on the inside of said garment.

2. The combination of belt sections. a skirt secured thereto only at its upper edge and provided with a pocket extending circumferentially of said skirt. a relatively narrow strip of elastic material extending between opposed ends of said belt sections and located within said pocket, the normal length of said narrow strip being less than the length of the pocket wherebya gathering of the skirt material is produced and maintained between said opposedends of said belt sections and a relatively wider strip of elastic material extending between said opposed ends of the belt sections and spaced from the narrow strip throughout the space between said belt sections. said wider strip being located outside of said pocket and free from said garment.-

3. The combination of belt sections, a skirt secured thereto only at its upper edge and provided with a pocket extending circumferentially of said skirt. a relatively narrow strip of elastic material extending between opposed ends of said belt sections and located within said pocket, the normal length of said narrow strip being less than the length of the pocket whereby a. gathering of the skirt and with said pocket whereby separation in a verti 1 direction is arrested.

4. A b t adapted for combination with a garment r su porting same and comprismg two rel tive y wide sections spaced from each other-in a direction lengthwise of the belt and two relatively narrow sections transversely spaced from each other and extending between the opposed ends of said relatively wide sections, said narrow sections having their opposed ends permanently secured to the ends of said wide sections and being free and disconnected from each other at all points between said wide sections prior to incorporation in a garment, one of said narrow sections providing a means upon which a portion of said garment may be draped.

5. A belt adapted for combination with a garment for supporting same and comprising tworelativelywide sections spacedfrom each other in a direction lengthwise of the belt, and two relatively narrow sections transversely spaced from each other and constituting permanent continuations of said wide sections to complete the belt and form the back thereof, said narrow sections being free and disconnected from each other at all points throughout their length between said wide sections prior to incorporation in a garment and being One transversely wider than the other, the narrower one of said two relatively narrow sections providing ameans upon which a portion of the garment may be gathered. I

.6. A belt adapted for combination with a skirt for supporting same and comprising two main sections spaced from each other and forming the ends of the belt, and two intermediate elastic sections extending in parallel and transversely spaced relation to each other between said main sections to form the back of the belt and having their ends permanently secured to said main sections, said intermediate sections being free and disconnected from each other at all points throughout their length between said main sections prior to incorporation in a garment, one of said intermediate sections providing a means upon which a portion of said skirt may be gathered.

In testimony whereof-,Ihave hereunto set my hand. LOUIS J. SCHEINMAN. 

